Water-bed fence



Sept. 4, 1923. 1,466,972

- R. P. STINE WATER BED FENCE Filed Sent. 30 1921 TIE 4'5 I N VEN TOR.

Patented Sept. 4, 1923.

' UNITED ST res RUBY P. STINE, OJiADAMS, INDIA-NA.

WATER-BED FENCE.

Application filed September 30,1921, Serial No. 504,361.

This invention relates to improvements in water bed fence, and the prime feature of the invention is the provision of a fenceso arranged that water and refuse will readily pass through and over the fence while stock will be prevented from passing the fence.

A further feature of the invention is the provision of abutments so arranged that the fence proper will be fully anchored while the banks of the stream will be prevented from washing adjacent the fence structure. A further feature of the invention is the provision of means for adjustably connecting the fence to the abutments so that a fence of prescribed dimensions will fit and properly co-operate with abutments of uneven proportion. L

A further feature of the invention is the provision of means for reinforcing partsof the fence to prevent yielding thereof due to pressure of water and trash or other foreign particles a ainst the fence structure.

Other o bjects and advantages will be hereinafter more fully set forth and pointed out in the accompanying specification.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the water bed fence structure applied to use,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view as seen on line 2-2 Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a top plan view. of the supporting bar employed for supporting the' upper end of the fence structure showing the manner of bracing the same, I

Figure 4c is a detail elevationpartly in section showing the manner of adjust-ably supporting the fence structure upon the abutment,

Figure 5 is a detail view showing a modified means for attaching the fence bars to the supporting bar, and

Figure 6 is a view showing a supporting means for the fence structure atia point between its ends. I 5

Referring to the drawings, 1 and2indicate the abutments which are placed along the opposite banks of the stream and parallel therewith, said abutments being pref erably constructed of concrete and radiating from one end of each abutment and extending tangentially thereof are reinforcing wings 3 and 4' respectively, 'the wings being attached or formed integral with the side-faces of the abutments so that flat shoulders 5 and 6 will be formed at theiupstream ends of the abutments.

The oppositeor down stream ends of the abutments. 1 and 2 are provided with ledges 7 upon which rests a support 8 ,for the upper ends of fence forming .bars 9, said support plates 10 are rested upon the ledges 7 and being preferably of I-beam formation, and

are attachedthereto in any'suitable manner as by means of bolt's'll, the headed ends of whichare embedded in the abutments, the upper. ends of the bolts extending through the ends of the anchoring plates and having nuts 12 for securing'the plates thereon The anchoring'plates 10 are each provided with a longitudinal slot 13 through which extend clamping bolts 14, the threaded ends ofthe bolts 14 being introduced through the slots 13 before the plates are secured to, the abutments, the length of said bolts 14 beingsuch that they will extend a distance abovethe upper'edge of the support 8 and project through a plate 15 which passes over the top of the support 8, nuts l6 being employed for clamping the platelo against the support 8. The bars 9 are preferably sustantially Ashape in cross, section and have their upper ends secured to (oneiedge of the support 8 by meansofbolts 17 or the like, while the lower ends of the, bars 9 are attached to a cross bar 18, said crossbar being} preferably angular in cross section. I and. offsu'ch a length as to have .its ends extend over and engage the shoulderso and 6- of the abutments 1 .and 2, consequently a major portionof the strainon thef'ence forming part of the device, incident to the pressure of water thereagainst, will be directed against the abutments instead of" against. the support 8, thereby greatlyreim forcing the parts of the fence structure.

v By anchoring h S pp 8 by means of the bolts 1% and having saidbolts adjustable :of different lengths and heights, sothat any inaccuracies in the dimensions of the abutinents -when'built will be compensated for;

, with'respect to the anchoring plates 10, the-2.

connecting the lower ends of said bars, a transversely extending support attached to the elevated ends of said bars, and means for re-inforcing and bracing said support at its point of greatest strain.

4. In a water bed fence, a pair of spaced abutments, an anchoring plate secured adjacent one end of each abutment, a support extending crosswise of the abutment and having its ends resting on said plates, means for adjustably securing the support to said plates, a plurality of bars having one of' their ends connected with said support, and a cross bar to which the opposite ends of said bars are connected.

5. In a water bed fence construction, a pair of spaced abutments having ledges adjacent one end thereof, an anchoring plate fixed on each ledge, said plates having elongated slots, a support extending from one abutment to the other and having its ends projecting over said plates, means for vertically and laterally adjusting said support on said plates, and a plurality of bars connected with said support.

6. In a water bed fence, abutments, a sup port extending from one abutment to another crosswise of a stream, a plurality of fence forming bars, means for attaching one end of the bars to said support, and insert blocks for supporting the ends of the bars co-operating with said support a distance above the support whereby trash,'or the like, will pass over the support without catching thereon.

7. In a water bed fence, abutments, a support having its ends resting on said abutments, a pluralitv of bars connected with said support, reinforcing members having one end in engagement with the ground and their opposite ends in engagement with the under face of said support, and means for adjusting said reinforcing members vertically for sustaining the weight of said support at points between its ends.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 23rd day of September, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-one.

RUBY P. STINE. 1,. 8.

Witnesses:

CAREY S. F RYE, M. L. SHULER. 

